Real Love

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  • Artist: Lisa Stansfield
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1991
  • Total Time: 62:25
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

Expectations ran incredibly high when the time came for Lisa Stansfield to deliver a second album...Real Love, although far from a bad album, clearly falls short of Affection's unmitigated excellence. Nonetheless, there are some definite gems here, including the poigant and heartbreaking ballad "All Woman," the spunky "Soul Deep" and the sleek "Set Your Loving Free." While most of Real Love is at least decent and is far superior to most '90s R&B, Stansfield is a major talent who -- as the outstanding Affection quite clearly demonstrated -- can do better than "merely" good. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi

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Real Love (Lisa Stansfield album)

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Real Love
Studio album by Lisa Stansfield
Released 12 November 1991
Recorded 1990-1991
Genre Pop, R&B, soul, dance
Length 62:18
Label Arista/BMG
Producer Ian Devaney, Andy Morris
Lisa Stansfield chronology
Affection
(1989)
Real Love
(1991)
So Natural
(1994)
Singles from Real Love
  1. "Change"
    Released: 1991
  2. "All Woman"
    Released: 1991
  3. "Time to Make You Mine"
    Released: 1992
  4. "Set Your Loving Free"
    Released: 1992
  5. "A Little More Love"
    Released: 1992

Real Love is the second studio album by English R&B and soul singer Lisa Stansfield, released on November 12, 1991 by Arista/BMG Records. The album was certified Gold in the US,[1] 2x platinum in the UK and Gold in Germany.[2]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris. All songs produced by Ian Devaney and Andy Morris.

Europe/Japan release

  1. Change - 5:39
  2. Real Love - 5:01
  3. Set Your Loving Free - 5:03
  4. I Will Be Waiting - 5:03
  5. All Woman - 5:17
  6. Soul Deep - 4:11
  7. Make Love to Ya - 4:54
  8. Time to Make You Mine - 4:58
  9. Symptoms of Loneliness & Heartache - 4:43
  10. It's Got to Be Real - 5:17
  11. First Joy - 4:25
  12. Tenderly - 3:20
  13. A Little More Love - 4:34
  14. When You're Gone - 4:08 + ++
  15. Everything Will Get Better - 5:00 ++
  16. Change [Frankie Knuckles Remix] - 6:30 ++

+ Japanese bonus track
++ 2003 remastered release bonus tracks

North American release

  1. Change - 5:39
  2. Time to Make You Mine - 4:58
  3. Symptoms of Loneliness & Heartache - 4:43
  4. All Woman - 5:17
  5. Soul Deep - 4:11
  6. A Little More Love - 4:34
  7. Make Love to Ya - 4:54
  8. Set Your Loving Free - 5:03
  9. First Joy - 4:25
  10. Real Love - 5:01
  11. Tenderly - 3:20
  12. It's Got to Be Real - 5:17
  13. I Will Be Waiting - 5:03

Singles

Critical and commercial performance

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[3]
Entertainment Weekly (A)[4]
Q Magazine 4/5 stars[5]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[6]

Although it did not repeat the success of Affection, the album was a hit, especially in the UK, where it reached number 3 in the UK Albums Chart.[7]

Personnel

  • Yak Bondy - Harmonica, Keyboards, Programming
  • Bobby Boughton - Engineer, Mixing
  • Chris Davis - Flute, Saxophone
  • Snake Davis - Flute, Saxophone, Horn Arrangements
  • Ian Devaney - Guitar, Trombone, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Andy Gangadeen - Drums, Rhythm Arrangements
  • Stephen Gibson - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
  • Rebecca Gilliver - Strings
  • Gary Grant - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
  • Marine Guillemot - Creative Director
  • Drusilla Harris - Strings
  • Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Horn Arrangements
  • Dan Higgins - Flute, Saxophone
  • Benedict Holland - Strings
  • Aileen McLaughlin - Background Vocals
  • Andy Morris - Trumpet, Arranger, Composer, Flugelhorn, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Berend Mulder - Strings
  • Jane Nossek - Strings
  • Tim Parry - Executive Producer
  • John Price - Strings
  • Jonathan Pryce - Strings
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Trombone
  • Annie Ross - Background Vocals
  • Juliet Snell - Strings
  • Snowboy - Percussion, Rhythm Arrangements
  • Lisa Stansfield - Composer, Vocals
  • Jazz Summers - Executive Producer
  • Winkie Thin - Strings
  • Richard Thirlwell - Strings
  • Rebecca Thompson - Strings
  • Simon Vance - Strings, Horn Arrangements
  • Andrew Walton - Strings
  • Marcus Williams - Bass
  • Richard Williamson - Strings

Chart information

Chart Peak
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 6
U.S. Billboard 200 43

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